Reply #12: Rice is about 50cents Euro per half kilo

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roughly.
eggs are about 1€ for 10, soda (pepsi) is on sale 75c for 1.5Liters, meat is about 5e a kilogram across the board.
that's about 2.50 for a pound.
Chicken is cheaper than beef (which sucks anyway) and pork is in the middle.
a loaf of bread is between .80 and 2.00 depending on the type (german is nice but spendy)
and beer is cheap.

The buying power of a euro is about the same as the dollar was when I left 5 odd years ago.

Keep in mind, this is after paying 30-50% in taxes, 6% tax on food (which is included in the price) and 19% tax on goods (which is included in the price)

Example, the playstation 3 slim is selling here for 299 €uros. not 299+tax. just 299.

However the PS3 is also selling in the us for 299+tax, which comes to about 325 after tax (making it much cheaper)

So some things are going to be cheaper, some more. but the basics required for living are cheaper, and more within our means here, than in the US currently.

The Euro is stronger, and weaker, but only because tax is so fucking high here.
The counter balance to all this is stronger worker protections. The "minimum wade" is based on age. and at 22, you get around 10e an hour no matter what you do, that is the minimum you can make an hour (McDonalds is almost all under 20)

so it's all relative.